What’s your organizing style? Hide-and-Seeker, Martha Stewart’s Apprentice, Fair Weather Organizer, or Hoarder? Discover your type in 30 seconds—unlock tailored tips to declutter smarter and transform your space!
Types of Organizing Styles
Like beautiful butterflies everyone is different, and therefore has different ideas and types of organizing. As a professional organizer who’s worked with hundreds of clients, I have seen firsthand the different types of organizers, and how each deals with pesky clutter!
To better declutter your home/business you must understand the type of organizer you are. This can help you learn a bit more about yourself, and it comes in handy when working with an organizer!
The Hide and Seeker
Martha Stewarts Apprentice
This type of organizer tends to keep almost everything but stores it away in a rabbit hole. This can make it extremely difficult to find just about anything in your home. It is difficult for you to get rid of things, which can lead to a cluttered and not very well-organized space.
You may feel pretty organized, but in reality, you have clutter all over, just in their specific places. It is best to get rid of some of the things weighing you down, but it is hard for you.
You love to keep your space clean, organized, and concise. Lose papers and random objects don’t stand a chance in your home! You will find anything out of place and make sure everything is looking perfect!
You are a very organized person (some may say OCD) and everything has a spot. I am assuming you probably don’t need an organizer as you are one already!
The Fair Weather Organizer
You like to have an organized space, but work, school, kids, and life often come in the way. You are not an unorganized person, you just have to be in the right mood, and often it gets put off a bit. You always get to it at some point, and when you do you get it done right!
I would say from what I have seen this is typically the type of organization style that is most common. You don’t really horde much, except very meaningful things, and end up deciding when something needs to go, well it does go!
The Hoarder
You savor every little thing that you receive, you always think you will use, or need something so you end up keeping everything. You say you want to get organized, but really you are just too overwhelmed to organize your home.
This can be a difficult circumstance, and without getting professional help, it can be very difficult to organize your home. If you think you could be described as unorganized, and have a hard time getting rid of things you may want to look into professional options!
Organizing Quiz
The Hide and Seeker
- Can you find and put away your things quickly and easily?
- Do you have an abundance of organizing bins you use to contain your things?
- Do you have clutter stashed away on shelves, in drawers, cabinets, and closets?
- Is your home organized?
- Do you have difficulties letting things go?
Martha Stewart’s apprentice
- Do you consider yourself an organized person?
- Do you love keeping your space clean and organized?
- Do you have perfectionist tendencies?
- Do you have a place for everything in your home?
- Does the idea of getting organized excite you?
The Fair Weather Organizer
- Is finding the time to get organized a challenge?
- Can you get organized on your own when you have the time?
- Do you complete your organizing projects?
- Does your organization stay in tack when it’s completed?
- Can you easily let things go?
The Hoarder
- Do you hold onto things for sentimental reasons?
- Do you get overwhelmed when you try to organize your home?
- Do you find yourself keeping things because you might need to use them"someday?"
- Are you embarrassed to have people in your home?
- Do you have difficulties making decisions?